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Developers from all over the world are collaborating to facilitate cross-border movements of Ukrainians.
Based on open technologies, this initiative aims to support the people in Ukraine by providing timely information on border crossings, missile alerts, missing person reporting, accommodation and…
NEWSCreated: 11/05/2022
Ten Member States have joined the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI), built on TESTA.
The Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA) is the data communication network service lying at the digital core of the EU4Health Programme, and interoperability is the…
NEWSCreated: 24/03/2022
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French Minister announces new plan for supporting open source
The Minister of Public Sector Transformation and the Civil Service of France, Amélie de Montchalin announced a new action plan for open source software in the public sector at the closing of the Paris…
NEWSCreated: 14/12/2021
The French public administration is opening up public data, algorithms and source codes.
The French public administration outlined the governmental programme for open source, open data and public algorithms. On 27 September, the French Minister of Public Transformation and Service Amélie…
NEWSCreated: 14/10/2021
EU study on the impact of open source published
The study on the impact of Open Source Software and Hardware for the European Commission found that open source software and hardware are key for the region's digital transformation and can be a major…
NEWSCreated: 06/09/2021
The EU Digital COVID Certificate is officially on across Europe.
In compliance with the 1 July deadline, all the Member States as well as other non-EU countries effectively connected with the EU Gateway, thus going live with the EU Digital COVID Certificate. On 1…
NEWSCreated: 11/08/2021
Open data developments and directive transposition
The Polish Parliament unanimously voted for the law transposing the directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information on 23 July. Back in 2016 we wrote about the public consultation…
NEWSCreated: 06/08/2021
German health professionals will communicate with each other through the open source Matrix protocol
Gematik, the provider of digital solutions for the German health care system has chosen the open source Matrix protocol to underpin Germany’s new instant communication platform, which will be used by…
NEWSCreated: 06/08/2021
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Parlimentary mission supports open source
In July 2020 the French National Assembly convened a special mission on building and promoting national and European digital sovereignty. The mission has just published its first report last month…
NEWSCreated: 04/08/2021
France recognises open source in its National Plan for Open Science 2021-2024
The French Ministry of Research shared its Second National Plan for Open Science for the years 2021-2024 on 6 July. The Plan foresees several initiatives aimed at increasing the reach of open science…
NEWSCreated: 30/07/2021
New Estonian law requires administration to make state-owned software publicly available
Estonia is known for its tech-savvy government, regularly topping international indicators, such as the European Commission’s DESI Index for Digital Public Services. The Estonian government states…
NEWSCreated: 02/07/2021
'Open Source will be a key element to achieve Europe’s resilience and digital sovereignty'
Open source gained increasing interest on the political level of digital policy discussions in recent months. Recently, the European Commission set up an Open Source Programme Office and expressed…
NEWSCreated: 28/06/2021